This provides text description and audio examples of various heart and breath sounds. The sounds are broken up into certain...
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This provides text description and audio examples of various heart and breath sounds. The sounds are broken up into certain catagories. The heart sounds are divided into systolic, where you can hear aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, etc.., and diastolic, where you can hear mitral stenosis, aortic regurgitation, etc.. The lung sounds provide examples of cackles and wheezes.

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Animation

Author:
Christopher Cable, MD

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Sep 21, 2000
Date Modified:
Feb 21, 2018

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This learning resource, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, provides three nursing case studies....
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This learning resource, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, provides three nursing case studies. According to the web site the "Culturally Competent Nursing Modules (CCNMs) are a case-based curriculum designed to help nurses better meet the cultural and linguistic needs of an increasingly diverse patient population. The Office of Minority Health (OMH) is supporting the development of these modules as part of their mission to 'improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of effective health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in health.'" The three courses are: (1) Course I: Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Care; (2) Using Language Access Service; and (3) Supporting Advocacy for Cultually Competent Health Care Organizations. The learning modulces they provide content and CEUs and they integrate video clips and examples of different cultural scenarios, fast facts about research and stats related, cultural issues, and CLAS acts which refers students to the national CLAS document on Cultural and Linguistic Standards/ Office of Minority Health. The learning resource is free; however the user must create and login and password in order to use the resource.

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Case Study

Author:
Office of Minority Health, Health and Human Services

Date Added:
Oct 28, 2008
Date Modified:
Feb 17, 2018

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This module is a portion of a course on exploration of the nervous system. The focus of this module is on the cranial nerves,...
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This module is a portion of a course on exploration of the nervous system. The focus of this module is on the cranial nerves, their function and their assessment. There are several types of materials: text, photographs, sound, quizzes and a puzzle.Key words: Cranial nerves, health assessment

Material Type:
Presentation

Author:
Eric Chudler

Date Added:
Dec 05, 2002
Date Modified:
Feb 11, 2018

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An interactive multimedia tutorial for healthcare professionals wishing to refresh math skills and learn how to calculate...
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An interactive multimedia tutorial for healthcare professionals wishing to refresh math skills and learn how to calculate medication dosages and intravenous (IV) rates. The tutorial has three modules. Each module has includes a quiz. The first module covers information about fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, and percentage. The second module covers information about conversions, medication administration, and dosage calculation. The third module covers information about intraveneous infusions including tubing calculation and intraveneous flow rates. Key words: Medication calculation; Intravenous flow rate calculation; Mathematics principles

Material Type:
Tutorial

Author:
Margaret Hansen

Date Added:
Jul 19, 2005
Date Modified:
Jan 23, 2018

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CSO is a project aimed at providing interactive online videos demonstrating core procedural skills common to a wide range of...
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CSO is a project aimed at providing interactive online videos demonstrating core procedural skills common to a wide range of medical and health-based courses. The clinical skills videos on this site have been created at the 'lowest common denominator' level for a host of medical and healthcare related disciplines with a view to share with the wider community. The content has been created and peer-reviewed by a multi-professional team so that it is applicable, with little or no change, to a variety of health-based courses. St George s, University of London, have taken extreme care in preparing the information on this site but please be aware that there maybe slight variations in the procedures, shown in the videos, from institution to institution depending on policies and equipment used. All content on this website (including text, images, videos, and any other original works), unless otherwise stated, is already licensed under a Creative Commons deed. CSO contains videos which are only suitable for viewing by adults of at least 18 years of age, or 21 years of age depending on your location. Please note this site is also registered with the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA).

Material Type:
Learning Object Repository

Author:
Charavanan Balasubramaniam

Date Added:
Sep 16, 2005
Date Modified:
Feb 13, 2018

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This site provides basic facts about foodborne diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, or toxins.

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Reference Material

Author:
Diane Schmit, Eric Reinhold

Date Added:
Jul 14, 2000
Date Modified:
Feb 21, 2018

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This learning resource is comprised of a series of tutorials on: 1) conversions, 2) abbreviations, 3) rounding, 4) fractions,...
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This learning resource is comprised of a series of tutorials on: 1) conversions, 2) abbreviations, 3) rounding, 4) fractions, 5) the metric system, 6) doing the math, and 7) syringes and labels. It includes games and practice questions. Many of the tutorials are also downloadable video podcasts that can be used with an iPod, iPad, or smartphone. The learning resource could be used by any healthcare professional student who is learning to administer medications or enrolled in an entry level pharmacology class.

Material Type:
Tutorial

Author:
Clare Billman

Date Added:
Nov 02, 2008
Date Modified:
Nov 08, 2017

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An interactive multimedia learning activity for healthcare provider students wishing to enhance their knowledge of 12-lead...
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An interactive multimedia learning activity for healthcare provider students wishing to enhance their knowledge of 12-lead EKG electrode placement on the human body.

Material Type:
Tutorial

Author:
Margaret Hansen

Date Added:
Jul 19, 2005
Date Modified:
Oct 27, 2017

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A listing with links to explanations of disease and health topics found on the Center for Disease Control Web site. The links...
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A listing with links to explanations of disease and health topics found on the Center for Disease Control Web site. The links are to a Fact Sheet and to a professional information site, which has links to an image library, diagnostic procedures and diagnostic assistance.

Material Type:
Reference Material

Author:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Date Added:
Apr 29, 2001
Date Modified:
Oct 13, 2017

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